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MACHINE FOR GOILING WARPS.

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MACHINE FOR GOILING WARPS. No.1349,148. Patented Sept. 14, 1886.

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UNITED g STATES l PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES ECOLES, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MACHINE FOR COILING WARPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,148, datedSeptember 14, 1886.

Application filed November 11, 1884. Serial No. 147.613. (No model.)

To all whoml it may concern.-

Beit known that I, J Mns EcoLEs, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,have invented certainImprovements in Machines for Coiling VVarps, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention consists of mechanism, fully described and claimedhereinafter, whereby warps may be rapidly and accurately coiled intouniform bundles, warps having been heretofore coiled or folded intobundles in a very irregular manner, usually by hand.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side View, partly insection, of the warp-coiL ing machine. Fig. 2 is an end view, partly insection. Fig. Sis a vertical section on the line 1 2, Fig. 2,illustrating but one set of operating devices, of which two sets areshown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 isadiagram illustrating the manner in which thewarp is coiled. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the coilingframe andmachinery connected therewith. Fig. 6 is a sectional plan on the line 34, Fig. 1, drawn to a reduced scale. Fig. 7` is a side view,illustrating a modication of my invention; and Fig. 8 is a side view,partlyin section,'on a reduced scale, of the complete mechanism, showingthe door or other stationary support for the warp-bundles.

A pendent frame, A, is secured to the rafters and above the oor of anapartment, and on this frame are the bearings for the two shafts, B andD, the latter being furnished with the usual fast and loose pulleys, ac, for the driving-belt, and on the same shaft D is a conepulley, E,corresponding with a similar conepulley, E', on the shaft B, the twoconepulleys being arranged one the reverse of the other, as usual. Abelt, D', passes round both cone-pulleys and between the prongs of abeltshifter, F, which is controlled by the screwshaft G, having itsbearings in the frame A. I use in the present instance a counter-shaft,h, provided with a handle, d, for operating the screw-shaft, thesaidshaft 7L having its bearings in brackets e e, secured to the frame A,and the two shafts being geared together by bevel-wheels f f.

The cone-pulleys E E serve to regulate the speed of the coilingframewithout varying 'the speed of the delivering'rollers, describedhereinafter.

y rIhe devices above described form no part l. of my invention, as theyare well-known adjuncts to other machines. The pendent frame has alsobearings for the two shafts, I-I and I, the former having a pulley, g,round which and round a pulley, j, on the shaft B, passes a belt, c, andthe shaft I has a pulley, m, round which and round a pulley, a, on theshaft B passes a belt, p.

Other mechanismfor driving the shafts H and I will readily suggestthemselves to expert mechanics.

On a cross-bar, J, of the frame are two bearings, t t, carrying sleevest', which form bearings for the Vertical shafts q q, the latter beinggeared by bevel-wheels s s to the shaft H.

There are two mechanisms, Y Y', Fig. 1, each connected with one of theshafts q, and hence a description of one will suffice for both. Turningloosely on each sleeve t' is a wormwheel, It, driven by a worm, It, onthe shaft I, and having an arm, u, to which is secureda stud, o, acog-wheel, w, loose on the said stud, being geared to the wheel w on theshaft q by an intermediate wheel, y. (See Fig. 3.) A pin, x, connectedto an arm, b, secured to or forming part of the wheel w, fits loosely inthe coiling-frame referred to hereinafter.

Taking one of the above-described mechanisms, including the rotatingshaft q, the wheel B, and the arm b, rotated on a pin carried by an arm,u, of the wheel It, the pin :c will have two movements, one being itsrotation in a circular path round the axis of the stud o, and the otherbeing a constantly advancing movement in an annular course, due to therotation of the said stud round the axis of the shaft q. In consequenceof these two movements the pin m will pursue the course indicated by thediagram Fig. 4, the pin making a succession of convolutions, continuallyadvancing in an annular course.

W is the ceiling-frame, consisting of a bar, k, from which project armsZ-four in the pres-v ent instance; and this frame is carried by the pinsx of the mechanisms Y Y', the pins being attached to the arms b b, andloose in the frame; or the pins may be secured in the frame and loose inthe arms. The end of each arm Z will pursue precisely the same course asthat pursued by the pin w, and consequently if a warp be directedthrough each of the eyes 7c,

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at the ends of the arms Z of the coiling-frame, it will be coiled on theioor X, or other stationary support, in the manner indicated in thediagram Fig. 4, and as the movement of the mechanism continues the warpwill be formed into a bundle consisting of a succession of convolutionsarranged in the annular course shown by dotted lines in Fig. 6.

The oog-wheel w on the arm b might be geared directly to the wheel w';but I prefer the use of an intermediate wheel, 1, on a stud, 2, whichcan be adjusted in a slot, et, in the arm u. I also prefer to make thepin` o ad- `instable in a slot, 5, in the arm u, Fig. 5, as thesefacilities for adjustment permit me to so change the position of thewheels as to alter the relation of the pin v of each rotating arln u tothat of the shaft q, in order to diminish or increase the radius of thecircle in which the pin lv travels, thereby making larger or smallerbundles of warps.

S S are the feed-rolls for delivering` the warps to the eyes z, thejournals of these rolls being adapted to fixed bearings on the ceiling,and each warp being guided to the eye by a tube, T, which is contractedat the lower end, so as to form a shoulder, i', which bears upon theupper edge of the eye z, the contracted portion passing through the eye,as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The upper end of the tube passes through andis supported laterally by a bar, V, secured either to the frame of themachine or to the bearings S of the feed-rollers, as circumstances maypermit. By this means the passage of the warps through the eyes isinsured, whatever may be the position of said eyes in respect tothefeed-rolls.

The coiling-frame may be constructed in different ways without departingfrom my invention. For instance, but one warp has to be coiled, only oneof the mechanisms Y may be used, (sec Fig. 7,) the bar k in this easesliding in a swiveled bearing, L. As before remarked, the journals ofthe feedrolls S S for each warp are adapted to stationary bearings, andthe warp delivered by the rolls passes freely through the guide-eye, sothat no twist is imparted to the said warp, this being an essentialfeature of my invention, and one in which it differs from slivercarryingmachines-such, for instance, as are shown in .English Patents No. 10,106of 1844, and No. 11,271 of 18M- for in the latter the feed-rolls for thesliver are caused to traverse in a circular course to form theconvolutions of the sliver, and in consequence twist is imparted to thesliver. This, while an advantage to a sliver-carrying machine, would bea fatal defect in a warp-balling machine, as one of the mainrequirements of such a machine is that it shall lay the warp perfectlystraight, so that it can be readily unwound from the ball onto awarp-beam.

I therefore claim as my invention- 1. The combination of feed-rollsadapted to fixed bearings, with a coiling-fran1e having beneath saidrolls a guide-eye, through which the warp delivered by the rolls canfreely pass, and with mechanism, substantially as described, whereby thecoiling-frame is caused to traverse in a circular path,all substantiallyas specified.

2. The combination of feed-rolls adapted to fixed bearings, acoiling-frame having be Death said rolls a guide-eye, through which thewarp delivered by the rolls can freely pass, an arm carrying saidceiling-frame, a second arm carrying the center pin of the first, andmechanism, substantially as described, for rotating both arms, wherebythe guide-eye is caused to traverse in a circular path, the axis ofwhich is constantly advancing in an annular course, all substantially asspecified.

3. The combination ofa coiling-frame, an arm, b, carrying the same, apivot-.pin for Said arm, an arm, fu., carrying said pin, a sleeve towhich said arm u is secured, a shaft passing through said sleeve,gearing whereby said shaft is connected to the arm b,and mechanism forrotating the sleeve and shaft, all substantially as specified.

4. The combination of a ceiling-frame, a pair of arms, b, carrying thesame, pivot-pins for said arms, a pair of arms, a, carrying said pins,sleeves to which the arms yuy are secured, shafts passing through saidsleeves, gearing whereby each of said shafts is connected to one of thearms b, gearing for connecting the two sleeves, gearing for connectingthe two shafts, and mechanism for rotating the sleeves and shafts, allsubstantially as'specified.

5. The combination of the coilingl`ra1ne, an arm, b, carrying the same,a pivot-pin, o, for said arm, an arm, a, carrying said pin, a sleeve towhich said arm u is secured, a shaft passing through said sleeve, meansfor rotating the shaft and sleeve, spur-wheels w, fw, and y, whereby theshaft is geared to the arm I), and means for adjusting the pivot-pin@and the spur-wheel y, all substantially as specified.

6. The combination of the feed-rolls adapted to fixed bearings, thecoiling-frame having a guide-eye beneath said rolls, mechanism, sul)-stantially as described, for causing said coiling-frame to traverse in acircular path, a guidetnbe having at the lower end a bearing` in theguide-eye of the ceiling-frame, and a fixed eye forming a bearing forthe upper end of said guide-tube, all substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES HUGHES. -Witnesses:

JOHN M. CLAYTON, HENRY HowsoN, Jr.

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